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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

UPDATE: It appears Ed Carpenter will be runnning some laps in the Spirit of Daytona DP car tomorrow.

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If you find yourself in Indianapolis tomorrow and feel the need for speed, the Grand-Am Series will be holding it's first ever test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In total 9 cars will be on track consisting of 5 Daytona Prototypes and 4 GT's.

Starting at 10am the teams will test on the 2.534 mile F1 circuit and will conclude at noon for a 1 hour lunch break. Then at 1pm they'll get back on track, but on the 2.621-mile MotoGP circuit and conclude testing at 3pm. The test is open to the public, but with restrictive access. You must enter gate 2 off of 16th street and park in the museum parking lot (blue). The red represent all the places that I believe you can spectate from. I would recommend either down in the twisties off of the T2 oval or to the left near the MotoGP turns during the afternoon.

DP's:

#90 Spirit of Daytona Buddy Rice

#01 Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas

#99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Jon Fogarty

#10 SunTrust Racing Wayne Taylor, Ricky Taylor

#6 Shank Racing Michael Valiante, John Pew, Michael Shank

GT's:

#87 Farnbacher Racing Leh Keen, Dirk Werner

#67 TRG Spencer Pumpelly, Kevin Buckler

#57 Stevenson Motorsports Andrew Davis, Robin Liddell

#70 SpeedsourceSylvainTremblay

"This is going to be very cool and exciting, because this is a very historical place. Every time I go underneath the tunnel at 16th Street it gives me the chills. It's an awesome place to be able to drive on." -Buddy Rice

"It's a dream come true to come back to Indianapolis. This is a magical place, and going back there will give me goose bumps." -Scott Pruett

"I can't wait to drive across those bricks at top speed. We're very honored to participate. As a sports car racer, I never thought that I could get to actually go out and test at Indy." -SylvainTremblay

"This is one of those boxes I can't wait to check off. Every team owner and driver would love to get behind the wheel at Indianapolis. This is a big deal for everyone with the series, to be testing at one of racing's hallowed grounds." -Kevin Buckler